Re: Mersenne primes



On Apr 2, 12:35 pm, "Schmedly" <dd...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Michal" <sust...@xxxxxxx> wrote in message

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How many Mersenne primes we will find in next 400 years, assuming that
Moore's law will keep on going and the set of Mersenne primes is infinite?

Moore's Law only applies to IC chips.

You need to use Hurbert's Law.

None, if we decide to do useful things supporting our comfortable
survival.
.



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